Twenty-years History of the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death and has been the major health care issue worldwide. Tremendous effort has been continuously made against cardiovascular disease from the bench, bed side and population science. In the clinical cardiology field, new development of technology contin...

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Published in:Juntendo Iji Zasshi = Juntendo Medical Journal Vol. 66; no. 1; pp. 2 - 9
Main Author: DAIDA, HIROYUKI
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: The Juntendo Medical Society 2020
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Summary:Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death and has been the major health care issue worldwide. Tremendous effort has been continuously made against cardiovascular disease from the bench, bed side and population science. In the clinical cardiology field, new development of technology continuously improved the patient outcome resulting marked improvement of prognosis during recent several decades. In this period, the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine (Department of Cardiology), Juntendo University has been actively working in the clinical practice, research and education especially in the field of coronary artery disease and atherosclerosis. In this article, I will review the twenty-years progress of this department especially in the field of catheter intervention, clinical trials and porcine model research as well as cardiac rehabilitation.
ISSN:2187-9737
2188-2126
DOI:10.14789/jmj.2020.66.JMJ19-R24